Photo: Barbara Cole
Lookout - photo by Barbara Cole
Marinaside Crescent
False Creek north on the seawall, east of the foot of Davie
Gift
1999
stainless steel, glass, bronze 
Site-integrated work
In place
City of Vancouver
Concord Pacific
City of Vancouver Private Development Program
Text-based workYaletown Downtown South Quadrant
Description of work
A sculptural installation consisting of two glass-roofed pavilions separated by approximately 120 metres. The elliptical roof of each pavilion is supported by two walls made of stainless steel with cutout silhouettes of industrial and natural forms. A second component of Lookout is a perimeter railing with cantilevered glass panels. The panels are inscribed with sandblasted words, written especially for this site in consultation with poet Robin Blaser. Midway between the two pavilions, the cut-out images are cast into the concrete walkway. As well, the artists have placed 13 simple bronze chairs throughout the site. The art work has an accompanying website at: http://www.lookoutsculpture.com/
Artist statement
"…As a public quay and access way, Marinaside Crescent is the site of a deep native and non-native knowledge, memories and history. We wanted our work to act as a 'marker' that would reflect the events and cultures of this neighbourhood and, as well, be 'of our time' and of the future. … Lookout is meant to be many things: - a shelter from rain - a viewing portal, an archway - a framing device - a 'light projector' that recalls the activities that have occurred here since human occupation - a celebration of a place."
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